Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 488 - Watercraft
EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION
Section 488.450 - Towing: Restrictions and prohibited acts

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 488.450

Current through September 16, 2024

1. Towing a person on water skis, a surfboard, an inflatable device or any similar device is authorized on:

(a) The Eagle Valley Reservoir between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.

(b) Comins Lake between 11 a.m. and sunset. A vessel may not be operated at a speed in excess of 5 nautical miles per hour during other hours. The speed of a vessel underway is considered to be 5 nautical miles per hour or less if the vessel is not leaving a wake.

2. Towing a person on water skis, a surfboard, an inflatable device or any similar device is prohibited on the following waters:

Waters County
(a) Crittenden Reservoir................................................................................... Elko
(b) Jiggs Reservoir............................................................................................ Elko
(c) Black Canyon (Any area marked with signs or buoys, or both, in Lake Mead and downstream from Hoover Dam to Mile Marker 43 on Lake Mohave) Clark
(d) Boulder Canyon-Lake Mead (Any area marked with signs or buoys, or both)....................................................................................................................... Clark
(e) Lagoon, south of Laughlin, within sec. 33, T. 32 S., R. 66 E., M.D.B. & M., as marked with signs or buoys, or both........................................................... Clark

3. A person being towed on water skis, a surfboard, an inflatable device or any similar device shall wear a personal flotation device which is approved by the United States Coast Guard.

4. A person shall not operate a vessel on any waters of this State towing a person or persons on water skis, a surfboard, an inflatable device or any similar device if the manufacturer's recommended safe loading capacity for the vessel would be exceeded if the person or persons being towed had to board the vessel as a passenger.

Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs, Motorboat Reg. No. 100 § 36, eff. 2-10-82-NAC A 12-3-84, eff. 1-1-85; 12-12-87; 12-3-90; 12-16-92; R020-08, 6-17-2008; R108-14, eff. 12/22/2014

NRS 488.045, 488.059, 501.181, 501.243

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